Inflato Mobile Classroom

Inflato Mobile Classroom

New York based architect John Locke of the Department of Urban Betterment, in collaboration with Joaquin Reyes, has realized — following a kickstarter campaign previously featured on designboom —

‘Inflato Dumpster’, an inflatable classroom installed inside of a dumpster. The urban project includes 165 square feet of enclosed space.

Canvassed with an inflatable membrane made by TW2M from a combination of two lightweight materials: clear polyethylene an inexpensive, common and biodegradable plastic material that allows views both from in and out to the street, and mylar.

Used in both emergency hiking blankets and spacecraft which created a gold interior that illuminates the space.